Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
Goal 1
- Objective 1.01
- Identify questions and problems in the earth and environmental sciences that can be answered through scientific investigations.
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- Objective 1.02
- Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions related to earth and environmental science.
- Create testable hypotheses.
- Identify variables.
- Use a control or comparison group when appropriate.
- Select and use appropriate measurement tools.
- Observe and measure real phenomena.
- Collect and record data.
- Organize data into charts and graphs.
- Analyze and interpret data.
- Communicate findings.
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- Objective 1.03
- Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions from data and observations.
- Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Communicate results, including suggested ways to improve experiments and proposed questions for further study.
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- Objective 1.04
- Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies:
- Recognize and avoid potential hazards.
- Safely manipulation materials and equipment needed for scientific investigations.
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- Objective 1.05
- Analyze reports of scientific investigations of phenomena from an informed scientifically literate viewpoints including considerations of:
- Adequacy of experimental controls.
- Replication of findings.
- Alternative interpretations of the data.
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